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Noun: casualty  kazh(û)ultee
  1. Someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
     
  2. Someone injured or killed in an accident
    - injured party
     
  3. An accident that causes someone to die
    - fatal accident
     
  4. A decrease of military personnel or equipment
     
  5. [Brit] Emergency department in a hospital

Derived forms: casualties

Type of: accident, decrease, drop-off, fatality, human death, lessening, victim

Encyclopedia: Casualty